Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Bernard A. Thompson

BranchArmy
RankTechnical Sergeant
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1943 – 1945
Date of Death03/20/2000
HometownDarby, OH
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, EAME Theater Ribbon w/6 Bronze Stars per WD GO #33/45, Good Conduct Ribbon, Air Medal w/3Oak Leaf Clusters per GO#476 3d BD/44; D F C per GO $5893d BD/44
Burial LocationYork Twp: York
Monument PaverSection E
SourceRecorder's Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 164 | Marysville Journal Tribune Archived Obituaries

Overseas service: B-17 top turret gunner - completed 31 missions over Germany to Russia and Italy; Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland,; Southern France, Air Offensive Europe, Air Combat Balkans. Church: Lutheran in Westerville. School: New Dover Rural High School.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument